Project Gutenberg 2010-05-28 Public domain in the USA. 529 Vissering, Harry 23016177 Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement Produced by Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement" by Harry Vissering is a historical account likely written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the life and innovations of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a key figure in the development of rigid airships and the aviation industry. It highlights Zeppelin’s vision for aerial transportation, covering his numerous designs and the successful flights of his airships that influenced both military and commercial aviation. The opening of the text introduces Count Zeppelin as a military officer who turned his attention towards creating airships. It recounts his early life and military career, followed by his fascination with flight sparked during the American Civil War and later experiences in Europe. The text further delineates his relentless pursuit of funding and support for his airship projects, culminating in the successful first flight of his rigid airship, LZ-1, in 1900. This revolutionized transportation, placing Zeppelin at the forefront of aerial innovation, which the book promises to explore in greater detail. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Aeronautics, Military Airships Zeppelin, Ferdinand, Graf von, 1838-1917 Aeronautics, Commercial TL Text Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General Category: Biographies Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 210614 2025-06-13T10:08:40.357542 text/html 201906 2010-05-28T11:55:44 text/html; charset=utf-8 9147816 2010-05-28T12:01:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 9526482 2025-06-13T10:09:00.671474 application/epub+zip 9472436 2025-06-13T10:08:45.954581 application/epub+zip 137741 2025-06-13T10:08:43.279535 application/epub+zip 9577276 2025-06-13T10:09:11.423380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 9513055 2025-06-13T10:08:54.980483 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 208953 2022-09-15T05:18:04.284682 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144761 2025-06-13T10:08:38.686655 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 144563 2010-05-28T11:55:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 51767 2010-05-28T12:01:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 143615 2010-05-28T11:56:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 51599 2010-05-28T12:01:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 143636 2010-05-28T12:00:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 51586 2010-05-28T12:01:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22401 2025-06-13T10:09:11.773448 application/rdf+xml 17268 2025-06-13T10:08:43.884533 image/jpeg 3855 2025-06-13T10:08:43.584528 image/jpeg 9234172 2025-06-13T10:08:41.032590 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog